Olimpia; ossia, L'orfana della Selleide : romanzo by Adolfo Mezzanotte
"Olimpia; ossia, L'orfana della Selleide: romanzo" by Adolfo Mezzanotte is a novel written in the early 19th century. Set among the Suliote mountains of Epirus, it blends historical melodrama and romantic feeling, following the orphan Olimpia, her eremitic uncle Atanasio, and the young warrior Demetrio against the backdrop of Greek resistance to Ottoman rule. Themes of liberty, piety, and love intertwine as a tender attachment grows between Olimpia and Demetrio amid communal
battle, devotion, and loss. The opening of the novel evokes the Suliotes’ stubborn freedom, then narrows to Olimpia’s origins: her father Alessio is disgraced for a retreat, dies in illness, and her mother Evantìa perishes giving birth, leaving the child to the care of the hermit-uncle Atanasio. Olimpia grows in a cliffside hermitage, charitable and devout. As Ali Pasha attacks, Demetrio leads a daring counterstrike that routs the Turks; during the victory rites he and Olimpia fall in love at first sight. Their separation breeds lovesickness until a chance encounter in the forest, a shy flight, a letter left by the spring, and Atanasio’s blessing bring them together, with marriage planned for the spring festival of roses. A sudden storm then claims Atanasio’s life in a torrent; after retrieving his body and burying him, the lovers vow to wed as he wished, and Olimpia goes under the protection of Demetrio’s kind mother Eutimia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mezzanotte, Adolfo, 1812-1833 |
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| Title | Olimpia; ossia, L'orfana della Selleide : romanzo |
| Original Publication | Milano: Truffi, 1834. |
| Credits | Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 34.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Italian fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76402 |
| Release Date | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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